The Nugget:
Luke 4:18 The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,
My Comment:
We might learn how we should study and teach the Bible by carefully noting how our Lord Jesus Christ taught Scripture. From Luke 4:18 it is clear that he compared Scripture with Scripture. It is also clear in context that He understood that there are unannounced time gaps within what appear to be single prophecies, which is why He closed the Book and stopped the Scripture reading where He did (see Isaiah 61:2 note in The New Treasury of Scripture Knowledge or in The Ultimate Cross Reference Treasury).
If you read carefully the notes for Luke 4:18 in the lesson given below, you will learn the answer to what some scholars and many unbelieving skeptics pose as mistakes in the text of the New Testament when you learn about Composite Quotations.
The Lesson:
SERIES TITLE: Getting Hooked on the Book
SUBJECT: New Treasury Introduction
SESSION FOUR: By What Authority?
MATERIALS NEEDED: Furnish each student with a Bible and a New Treasury.
LESSON OBJECTIVE: Upon examining Scripture evidence as to our Lord’s manner of teaching Scripture, recognize that He compared Scripture with Scripture.
SCRIPTURE TEXT: Luke 4:18
- The. FS92A, Mt +1:23. FS92D2. Gnome; or, Quotation F/S 790. Where the words are cited from the Septuagint. Here, from Is 61:1, 2. Spirit. Gr. ‘pneuma,’ FS121A1, +Lk 1:17. Ps 45:7. *Is 11:2, 3, 4, 5. 42:1, 2, 3, 4. 48:16. 50:4. 59:21. Mt 12:18. Mk 1:10. Ac 1:2. *Ac 10:38. anointed. Ps 2:2, 6 mg. +*Ps 45:7. *Da 9:24. Jn 1:41 mg. Ac 4:27. *Ac 10:38. to preach. Lk 6:20. 7:22. Is 29:19. *Is 66:2. Zp 3:12. Zc 11:11. +*Mt 5:3. 11:5. *Ja 2:5. hath sent. $Is 61:2. Lk 1:78. *Jn 3:34. *Col 2:9. to heal. 2 Ch 34:27. Ps 34:18. 51:17. *Ps 147:3. +*Is 57:15. 66:2. +*Ezk 9:4. to preach deliverance. Ps 102:20. 107:10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16. 146:7. Is 42:7. 45:13. 49:9, 24, 25. 52:2, 3. Zc 9:11, 12. *Mt 4:16. +*Mt 11:28. *Jn 8:36. Col 1:13. *2 Tim 2:26. and recovering. *Ps 146:8. Is 29:18, 19. 32:3. 35:5. 42:16, 17, 18. 60:1, 2. Ml 4:2. Mt 4:16. 9:27, 28, 29, 30. *Mt 11:5. Jn 9:39, 40, 41. 12:46. *Ac 26:18. Ep 5:8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 14. 1 Th 5:5, 6. 1 P 2:9. 1 J 2:8, 9, 10. sight. +Ge 3:7. to set. Notice that our Lord here cites >Is 58:6 with his reading from Is 61:1, 2, thus forming a composite quotation (+*Mt 27:9 note). This gives us insight into the fact that our Lord himself compared Scripture with Scripture in expounding its meaning (+*Lk 24:27, 44, 45. +*Jn 5:39. +*Ac 17:11). FS92G. Gnome: Composite Quotations F/S 799, where several citations are amalgamated. For other instances of this figure see Mt 21:5, 13. Mk 1:2, 3. Lk 1:16, 17. Ac 1:20. Ro 3:10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18. 9:33. 11:8, 26, 27. 1 C 15:54, 55. 2 C 6:16. Ga 3:8. He 9:19, 20. 1 P 2:7. at liberty. *Ro 6:13, 14, 18. bruised. +*Ge 3:15. **Is 42:3. Mt 12:20.
Matthew 27:9.
Mat 27:9 Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying, And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him that was valued, whom they of the children of Israel did value;
- fulfilled. Mt 1:22. +Lk 24:27. spoken. FS106, +Ge 31:7. by. Mt 24:15. Jeremy. The words here quoted are not found in Jeremiah, but in Zechariah; and a variety of conjectures have been formed, in order to reconcile the discrepancy. The most probable opinion seems to be, that the name of the prophet was originally omitted by the Evangelist, and that the name of Jeremiah was added by some subsequent copyist. It is omitted in two MSS. of the twelfth century, in the Syriac, later Persic, two of the Itala, and in some other Latin copies; and what renders it highly probable that the original reading was ‘dia tou prophatou,’ by the prophet, is, that St. Matthew frequently omits the name of the prophet in his quotations. See Mt 1:22. 2:5, 15. 13:35. 21:4. This omission is approved of by Bengel, Dr. A. Clarke, and Horne. Nevertheless, the reading “Jeremy” is firmly established, being supported by numerous significant early manuscript witnesses, as well as later ones, and must be accepted as the correct reading (see a modern listing and brief discussion of this evidence in Bruce M. Metzger, A Textual Commentary on the Greek New Testament, p. 66). It is possible, as noted in the Companion Bible margin, and its Appendix 161, to understand that this prophecy was spoken by Jeremiah, not written, and to take the apparent citation of Zc 11:12, 13, as a parenthetical statement within words otherwise attributed to Jeremiah. More likely, this is a composite quotation from Zc 11:13, Je 18:18, and 32:6, etc., and the prophecy is referred to Jeremiah as the more prominent of the two. In Mark 1:2, etc., the composite quotation from Isaiah and Malachi is similarly referred to Isaiah (see A.T. Robertson, Word Pictures, vol. 1, p. 224). For other instances of composite quotations see (1) Mt 21:5. Is 62:11 with Zc 9:9. (2) Mt 21:13. Is 56:7 w Je 7:11; (3) Mk 1:2, 3. Ml 3:1 w Is 40:3. (4) Lk 3:4, 5. Ml 3:1 w Is 40:3. (5) Lk 4:18. Is 61:1, 2 w Is 58:6. (6) Ac 1:20. Ps 69:25 w Ps 109:8. (7) Ro 3:10, 11, 12. Ec 7:20 w Ps 14:2, 3 w Ps 53:2, 3. (8) Ro 3:13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18. Ps 5:9 w Is 59:7, 8 w Ps 36:1. (9) Ro 9:33. Is 28:16 w Is 8:14. (10) Ro 11:26, 27. Is 59:20, 21 w Is 27:9. (11) 1 C 15:54, 55, 56. Is 25:8 w Ho 13:14. (12) 2 Cor 6:16. Le 26:11, 12 w Ezk 37:27. (13) Ga 3:8. Ge 12:3 w Ge 18:18. (14) 1 P 2:7, 8. Ps 118:22 w Is 8:14. And they. FS92C, +Mt 2:15. Je 32:6, 7, 8, 9. >Zc 11:12, 13. thirty. Mt 26:15. Ex 21:32. Le 27:2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. pieces of silver. =Ge 37:28. >Zc 11:13. of the children of Israel did value. or, bought of the children of Israel.
PROCEDURE:
- Raise the questions:
1) How did Jesus teach from Scripture?
2) How can we today learn from Scripture in the same manner?
- Consult the notes and references in the New Treasury provided at Luke 4:18.
CONCLUSION:
- After consulting the references supplied to EACH clause of this lesson’s Scripture text, answer the question:
What common thread of truth ties together the references gathered for this word, phrase, or clause?
- What conclusions do you draw about the Bible’s own teaching regarding the subjects dealt with in this lesson’s Scripture text?
- What instruction or encouragement do you derive from the insights received from this comparison of related Bible texts?